Marissa's singing and dance performance.

Marissa performed at both a dance performance and her singing concert.  I am so proud of her.  She is good at anything she puts her mind to. She is not only beautiful but talented too.

First official swim in the pool.

Finally we got the pool up and going. After we all worked a wedding we went swimming for the first time at 11:00 that night.  The pool was 87 degrees.  It was a blast!

Kristal and Nicks's Wedding!

Kristal is the event coordinator at The Castle and a really good friend of mine.  We are like family at The Castle so she is a lot like my sister.  She got married on May 15th and I had the honor of being her wedding coordinator.  It was perfect.  She looked beautiful.  Here are some pics of us helping her get ready.

Kristal had a photo booth and we all took pictures for her to remember the day!  Too fun!

The Castle girls got together for the bouquet toss and of course Bre caught it!  Check out how she came from the outside and stole it from everyone. I sure hope she isn't the next one.  She is my little girl.  I'm not ready for her to get married.

Dinner in a limo!

I have the sweetest friend. Tori, my team teacher, wrote a letter about me to the radio station Kbull to win a free limo ride and dinner for 4. She wanted to surprise me for my 40th birthday because Grant was in Afganistan. Can you believe it?.....She won! I was so flattered by her kind words and love.

Jodi, Me, Tori, and Cindy

Dinner at the Texas Road House!  What a blast!

The castle Work Party

Have I mentioned that I work with some amazing people.  We had a meeting with all the emplyees at The Castle and then we went and played at Boondocks.  All of the employees are related to each other some how so it is really one big family party.

Here we are ready to go on the race cars!

Bre, Hillary, and Kristal

Keith and Heather

Netty and I.  I love her!

The girls!  Lahna, Marissa, Me, Jana, Bre, Hailey, Holly, and Heather. 

Pictures from my Birthday

No one likes to turn the big "40", but it is even worse when your husband is in Afghanistan and you have to celebrate it all on your own.  So my sweet teaching partner Tori planned a wonderful surprise birthday party with my class and then a yummy lunch with Jodi.  It was a real surprise.  Tori is such a special friend.  I am so blessed to have her in my life.  It sure made turning 40  little easier.

Look how cute the kids are hiding before I came into the class room.

Tori made me my own gluten free cake.

Tori and Jodi arranged for my class to be watched while they took me to lunch to get sushi.  When we got there they had decorated the whole table.  I felt so special.

Grant sent 2 dozen roses to my school. It was a very special birthday.